Simi Valley….Today Mayoral candidate Bob Huber called for the immediate start of the process to annex to the City of Simi Valley the land to be used by Waste Management for expansion of their facilities and commercial development.

Last week, Mayor Paul Miller writes a letter to the editor in the Simi Valley Acorn stating his intent is not to give support to a candidate, but to “educate and inform the citizens of Simi Valley.” According to the mayor, staff concluded that E-Verify has a 56 percent failure rate, which he compared to the flip of a coin.

Unfortunately, the negative side of the campaign season has reared its ugly head, and we need your help. Over the last 24 hours we have had five of our large campaign signs stolen and as many have been knocked down and vandalized.

As mayor, Bob Huber will introduce an ordinance requiring every company that does business with the City of Simi Valley and every business that applies for a business permit in Simi Valley to use E-Verify to ensure every employee has a legal right to work in the United States. Under the ordinance, all city employees would also be screened by E-verify. By doing so, Simi Valley will join Lancaster, Palmdale, Mission Viejo, Temecula and other California cities and numerous states in reserving jobs for those who have a legal right to work.

I was 18 years old when I sat across from a friend of mine in the Simi Valley Denny’s listening to my 18 year old friend contemplate running for Mayor of Simi Valley. “I should do it,” he told me. “The Simi Valley Mayor is almost never contested. If I run a good campaign, I might win.” He didn’t run, though. He had too much respect for city government to run for Mayor just because he could.